Hi,
> This should do it:
>
> bys y (x): replace x=x[1]
Unfortunately not. Because the sorting brings the empty opnes to the top,
all the matching x's are replaced by the empty (missing) string, which makes
me loose more data. I tried doing it with a gsort before the by command:
gsort y -x
But then
by y (x): replace x=x[1]
Complains r(5): not sorted. Is there another way?
Thanks, best regards,
-Hendri.
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